It’s another year, folks …
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Jan
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Category Archives: general
Notes on the West’s economic decline
30
Dec
The year now ending saw a record number of elections in the West. In not one of them did the decline of Western supremacy feature. Like the proverbial elephant, it was addressed by neither America’s duopoly nor Britain’s. The same … Read More »
On controlling the narrative
19
Dec
Commenting today on news that New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with “murder as an act of terrorism” over the shooting of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, Caitlin Johnstone writes: … the label “terrorist” is a tool of narrative control, … Read More »
Westerners who trust too much
2
Dec
A few months ago a reader asked a rhetorical question. Why, she demanded, should we trust those who can’t call a genocide a genocide on anything at all? I’ve since used it a number of times, most recently when someone … Read More »
The rise and fall of Alejandro Toledo
1
Nov
Should he live long enough – and not receive one of those pardons Latin American leaders are wont to confer on fellow kleptocrats – Alejandro Celestino Toledo will be ninety-nine when he finally leaves his jail cell. Born into the … Read More »
No, we are NOT the good guys
21
Oct
Years ago I ran this as my masthead quote. Though focused on the USA, it applies to the West at large. As I sipped my coffee this morning and gathered my thoughts for part 3 of my nail-biting series, US … Read More »
The West’s silent majority is wrong!
17
Oct
Most of those who judge historic evils correctly in hindsight are sleepwalking through their present-day reiteration in Palestine … Those who stood against such evil at the time were by definition a minority, else they wouldn’t have happened in the … Read More »
Middle East, ecocide, imperialism
13
Oct
Only connect, said Edward Morgan Forster. Sound advice, but to apply it with accuracy we need detailed facts, and axiomatic principles to organise them in evidence based narratives. I know intelligent men and women, whom I like and love and … Read More »
Roger Waters on Us and Them
10
Oct
So Bruce Springsteen – a man I’ve admired since 1978 and The Wild, The Innocent and The E-Street Shuffle – is supporting Kamala Harris. Those who follow this site will know my dismay does not arise from an equally deluded … Read More »
John Mearsheimer – meet Jeffrey Sachs!
18
Sep
I ended the previous post, on the Children who rule the West, with this promise: Coming soon: the zero sum addiction of the West’s rulers, versus China’s we win-you win. Before I move on to fulfilling it, I want to show a video … Read More »